GoShadowing
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The language shadowing app

Shadow YouTube, TED, TikTok — and finally hear your accent change.

GoShadowing turns YouTube, TED, TikTok, podcasts, or any audio file into pronunciation practice. Paste a URL, get an accurate transcript in seconds, and shadow each sentence with per-phoneme pronunciation feedback.

  • Practice with the videos you want
  • AI-generated, sentence-aligned transcripts
  • Per-phoneme pronunciation scoring
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Why GoShadowing

Three things most pronunciation apps don't do.

Built around the way real shadowing actually works — your content, your transcript, and feedback you can act on.

Shadow YouTube, TED, TikTok, podcasts, or any audio file

Paste a YouTube or TED link, drop in a TikTok or podcast, or upload an MP3 you already love. Practice with the speakers and topics that actually keep you coming back — not scripted course audio.

Accurate transcripts, generated automatically

AI transcription splits every source into sentence-level segments with millisecond-accurate timing. No copy-pasting subtitles, no fixing typos before you can practice.

Per-phoneme pronunciation feedback

Record yourself once and see exactly which sounds drifted — phoneme by phoneme, not a single fuzzy score. Know precisely which sentence to repeat and which sound to fix.

How it works

From a YouTube, TED, or TikTok link to pronunciation feedback in four steps.

Paste a link. The pipeline runs itself, and you start shadowing.

  1. 1. Add a source

    Paste a URL, upload a file, or pick from our curated library.

  2. 2. Transcribe

    We split each source into bite-sized sentences with millisecond-accurate timing.

  3. 3. Shadow

    Listen to one sentence, record yourself saying it. Adjust speed, replay, repeat.

  4. 4. Score

    Get instant phoneme-level pronunciation feedback so you know exactly where to focus.

Languages

Shadow in 12 languages today.

Practice the one you're learning — and switch any time.

  • English
  • Japanese
  • Chinese
  • Korean
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish
  • + 5 more

Who is this for

Built for adults who are serious about sounding fluent.

If grammar apps got you most of the way and you still feel stuck when you actually have to speak, GoShadowing is the missing piece.

  • You can read in your target language but freeze when speaking.
  • You want to fix specific sounds, not "improve overall."
  • You'd rather practice with real speakers than scripted course audio.
  • You want a tool you can pick up for 20 minutes a day, every day.

From learners

Stories from people who use GoShadowing every day.

Stories will land here once the first cohort of paying users has been practicing for a few months. We'd rather show real progress than borrowed quotes.

Have your own video or audio you want to practice with? ShadowStudio Desktop ↗ captures and prepares source material, then syncs it to your GoShadowing library.

Ready when you are

Start with the free tier. Stay if it fits your routine.

No credit card. No countdown timers. Practice for as long as you want, and decide later whether to upgrade.

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